Take All of Me

Take All of Me
Directed by	Luigi Cozzi
Screenplay by	Luigi Cozzi Michele Delle Aie Danielle Del Giudice Sonia Molteni
Story by	Sonia Molteni
Produced by	Mario Cotone
Starring	Richard Johnson Pamaela Villoresi Maria Antonietta Beluzzi
Cinematography	Roberto D'Ettore Piazzoli
Edited by	Angelo Curti
Music by	Stelvio Cipriani
Production company	A-Esse Cinematografica
Release date	15 August 1976 (1976-08-15)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	Italy

Take All of Me (Italian: Dedicato a una stella / Dedicated to Stella) is an Italian-Japanese melodrama film written and directed by Luigi Cozzi.

Plot

A young woman named Stella is dying in a hospital of leukemia. A man named Richard Lasky who arrives at the hospital is mistaken for her relative and he is told of Stella's prognosis. The accidental occurrence results in the two forming a romantic relationship in the short period of time Stella has left to live.

Cast

• Richard Johnson as Richard Lasky
• Pamela Villoresi as Stella
• Maria Antonietta Beluzzi as Simone
• Francesco D'Adda as The Doctor
• Riccardo Cucciolla as Stella's father
• Mauro Curi as Stella's brother

Reception

David McGillvray reviewed the film in the Monthly Film Bulletin and stated that the film "pulled out all the stops to contrive a three-handkercheif weepie unsurpassed since the days of Love Story." McGillvray praised the film as "flawlessly photographed by Roberto D'Ettore Piazolli" but found that the film "all too often one's tears are stemmed by the usual doubts. Why, for instance, is Richard so callous to a girl he knows is dying of leukaemia? And why, in particular, does Stella have so much faith in a composer whose ability is clearly limited to writing bland scores of the type that accompanies this film?"

References

Sources

• McGillvray, David (January 1979). "Dedicato a una stella (Stella)". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 46, no. 540. British Film Institute.

External links

• Take All of Me at IMDb